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Sunday 14th April sees the broadcast of the six-part 1975 Tom Baker story Genesis of the Daleks on Australian and New Zealand television. The story is the 14th instalment in the 50th Anniversary season of Doctor Who stories on the UKTV channel.
The story is scheduled in New Zealand at 3:25pm and in Australia at 3:30pm . New Zealand has an additional screening on Monday 15th April at 3:20am.
Genesis of the Daleks was first broadcast in Australia in 1977. New Zealand viewers didn't get to see the story for another decade - it was first screened by TVNZ in 1987.
UKTV is showing stories throughout the year in the lead-up to the anniversary in November. Genesis of the Daleks is the second in a set of six stories featuring Tom Baker's Doctor broadcast during April.
The rest of the month's schedule includes: Pyramids of Mars and The Hand of Fear (both 21st April), and The Robots of Death and City of Death (both 28th April).
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BRUSSELS, July 11 (UPI) -- U.S. and European finance regulators said Thursday they have reached agreement on shared rules for the derivatives market.
The agreement was announced in a joint statement issued by European Union Commissioner Michel Barnier and Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Gary Gensler.
Gensler yielded the most in the negotiations but the deal was closed with just hours to spare before the CFTC's new rules would have forced U.S. traders to follow only U.S. market rules, The EUObserver reported.
The derivatives market is almost 10 times the size of the global economy, valued at an estimated $630 trillion, the EUObserver said.
Derivatives are complex financial instruments based on market wagers that act as insurance against market losses.
While derivative bets are seen as a way to balance out risks on the market, they also contributed to the financial meltdown of 2008, because financial giants, such as American International Group, faced obligations while the market turned sour.
AIG eventually required more than $180 billion in bailout funds to survive the financial crisis.
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OTTAWA — Only a small minority of Canadians believe it is acceptable to clone animals, a newly released government poll finds just as Ottawa is set to announce whether cloned cows and pigs are safe for people to eat.
The 2010 tracking survey of consumer attitudes on policy questions currently under consideration at Agriculture Canada found that only 16 per cent of Canadians find the use of cloning technology on animals either very acceptable (six per cent) or somewhat acceptable (10 per cent). More than half (54 per cent) believe it is unacceptable, including 36 per cent of Canadians who feel very strongly about it.
Women are particularly uncomfortable with the idea, with just nine per cent willing to accept the use of cloning technologies for livestock, compared to 23 per cent of men.
Along with men, acceptance is strongest among people between 18 and 24 and those with a university education. "However, acceptance for cloning is a minority in all demographic and socio-economic segments," the report concludes.
The remainder are either neutral (23 per cent) or don't know (seven per cent), the survey found.
The results of the poll involving over 3,000 Canadians were delivered to government officials in June, as Ottawa was finishing its scientific opinion on the impact of cloned cattle and swine on food safety, animal health and the environment.
The final report, a joint effort by the departments of Agriculture, Health and Environment in consultation with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, is expected to be completed this fall.
The United States Food and Drug Administration and the European Food Safety Authority have already completed their final risk assessment, and concluded meat and milk from healthy cattle and swine clones and their progeny are as safe as food from conventionally bred animals.
A voluntary moratorium remains in place in the U.S., and the European Parliament earlier this year voted for a ban on the sale of meat or dairy products derived from cloned animals or their offspring.
Canada's draft opinion, released under Access to Information legislation, indicates why the issue is a pressing matter.
"Several companies involved in developing reproductive technology tools are prepared to commercialize the products of (Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer or SCNT) animal clones and their progeny in Canada and other countries," the 2008 report states.
In its draft report, the federal government weighed data indicating "there are no biologically significant differences in the composition of foods derived from healthy (Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer) cattle and swine clones and healthy conventionally bred animals" with research showing more health issues for cloned animals.
"Using animal health as an indicator for food and feed safety, the higher incidence of health problems of SCNT animal clones do not add to the overall weight of evidence that foods derived from these animals are as safe as their conventional counterparts. Furthermore, most clones will be used as breeding stock, and their disposal into the food and feed will likely occur later in the life of the animal, long past the normal slaughter age. As there is a lack of data on animal health and food and feed safety for animal clones of advanced age, it is not possible to make any significant conclusions on the safety of foods and feeds derived from cloned cattle and swine of advanced age," the draft paper states.
The issue flared up this past summer, when the U.K. Food Standards Agency told consumers in that country in August that descendants of a clone made their way into the local food supply. The cattle were the offspring of a cloned cow in the U.S. and were shipped to the United Kingdom as embryos.
At that time, Tom Vilsack, the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, said he didn't know whether cloned cows or their offspring had made it into the North American food supply despite a moratorium in the U.S., but emphasized that if they have, the animals are safe to eat.
Meanwhile, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency launched an investigation this summer into a claim that embryos from a cow bred from a cloned parent animal in Britain have been sold to breeders in Canada is ongoing.
Under Canada's interim policy, Health Canada considers any application to commercialize a cloned animal as a novel food, which requires a pre-market safety assessment of the product. Cloned animals are also considered "new substances" under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, so Environment Canada would have to agree that the clones are not toxic to the environment before allowing commercialization.
None have been approved, but it is unknown if there are any under consideration.
The survey of 3,144 Canadians, completed by Ipsos Reid for Agriculture Canada, has a margin of error of 1.8 per cent.


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Men are ready to start
After rain last night course is in best shape of the week - dust is down, trail feels not as slippery - at least in the open, but the rain will have made the rocky and rooty sections in the dark under the trees a bit slippery. Beautiful sunny day, around 20C, bit of a breeze.
See our preview from earlier in the week.
75 riders on the startline for today's 7 laps of the 4.7 km course
Specialized doing very brisk business with 'I Ride for Burry' t-shirts, lots of people wearing them. Proceeds to Burry's foundation.
Julian Absalon had two big crashes - Tuesday in the rock garden, broke his bike. Thursday a "stupid mistake", over the bars hit ribs pretty hard. He says been getting lots of physio and much better, but makes Nino look even more unbeatable.
Lap 1
And the Swiss at the front as they head out
Up the climb and it is Nino Schurter (Switzerland) and Fabian Giger (Switzerland) leading
Australia's Daniel Mcconnell (Australia) crashed at the start and has injured his leg - maybe torn on the fence
He's up and will continue on
1/2 way round
Still a long long line, but at the front are the Swiss riders Schurter (defending World Champ) and Giger.
Max Plaxton (Canada) sitting 21st 31s back
Geoff Kabush (Canada) 23rd at 33s
Cameron Jette (Canada) 47th 1:13
Manuel Fumic (Germany) crashes at TreeHouse rock garden
Lap 2
starting the 2nd lap
Schurter leading with José Antonio Hermida Ramos (Spain) at 10s, Giger on his wheel.
4 Henrique Avancini (Brazil) also
Kabush 19th
Plaxton 36th
Gagne 42nd
Jette 48th
1/2 way round - 9:20 am
Schurter still hammering at teh front
2 Hermida at 7s
3 Giger at 10s
4 Maxime Marotte (France) at 15s
5 Manuel Fumic (Germany) at 16s
9 Julien Absalon at 28s
Kabush 20th at 1:03
Plaxton 36th at 1:41
Gagne 41st at 1:55
Derek Zandstra 46th
Cam Jette 47th
Lap 3/7 9:28 am ET
Schurter heads out with a gap of 7s on Hermida and 10 s on Giger
4 Fumic at 16s
5 Marotte s.t.
6 Ondrej Cink (Czech Republic) 31s
7 Julien Absalon (France) 32s
8 Miguel Martinez (France) s.t.
9 Florian Vogel (Switzerland) 33s
10 Moritz Milatz (Germany) 34s
22 Kabush 1:31
34 Plaxton 2:05
9:35 am - 1/2 way round
Schurter, Hermeida at 8s, Giger at 10s, Fumic at 15s
Absalon is riding with broken ribs after crashing during training earlier in the week (see above)
9:50 am - 1/2 way round
Schurter w. Hermida at 7 s
3 Fumic at 21s, 4 Marotte 35s, 5 Cink 48s, 6 Giger 52s, 7 Absalon 57s
24 Kabush
36 Gagne
37 Plaxton
Lap 5/7 start 9:56 am
Schurter heads out having opened the gap to Hermida to 17s, and Fumic is closing the gap to 2nd now at 22s, 4 Marotte 42s, 5 Milatz 1:14, 6 Cink s.t.
25 Kabush
Fumic has caught Hermida up the climb
1/2 way 10:03 am ET
Schurter continues to open the gap to 2nd. Fumic and HeErmida together at 24s back
4 Marotte 49s, 5 Milatz 1:24
26 Kabush 3:45
Fumic gaps Hermida at the TreeHouse rock garden
Lap 6/7 start
10:12 am ET
Schurter heads out on the 2nd last lap with a gap of 21s on Fumic and 23s on Hermida
4 Marotte 49s,
5 Milatz 1:33,
6 Absalon 1:34
24 Stephen Ettinger (USA)at 4:14
26 Kabush at 4:15
10:18 am ET
Schurter hits the halfway mark w. a 23s gap on Fumic and 29s on Hermida
4 Marotte 53s
5 Jaroslav Kulhavy (Czech Republic) 1:35
6 Ondrej Cink (Czech Republic) 1:38
25 Ettinger
26 Kabush
Last Lap
Schurter starts the last lap with a gap of 22s on Fumic, 3 Hermida at 28s, 4 Marotte 50s
Kulhavy seems to have found his 2nd wind and heads out on the last lap in 5th spot with a deficit of 1:30
1/2 lap to go - Schurter has 23s on Fumic, 3 Hermida at 32s, 4 Marotte 54s, 5 Kulhavy 1:31
Schurter goes down in the dust on a corner, but this will reduce his lead over Fumic
1 Nino Schurter (Switzerland) 1:40:17
2 Manuel Fumic (Germany) at 0:07
3 José Antonio Hermida Ramos (Spain) 0:21
4 Maxime Marotte (France) 0:53
5 Jaroslav Kulhavy (Czech Republic) 1:17
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The resort is located on Koh Jum, Koh Pu Island in the tropical garden; there are "Salas" for afternoon naps and traditional massages, a "petanque" and volley ball area.
We offer cottages well appointed guest rooms all rooms are en suite-bedrooms with window and balcony. Each room is fully equipped with full bathroom amenities and all convenient facilities to comfort your stay. All the cottages are individually equipped to provide sufficient energy for electric fan and lightings. Spectacular on the excellent and preserved marine environment as your relaxation day.
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The island is like you can imagine how paradise could look like: friendly and smiling people, no car, long beaches where you feel like Robinson Crusoë (alone..). We stayed at the Koh Jum lodge, which is one of the best quality hotel in the island. You will rest in very nice and tasteful decorated accommodations in small wooden built houses spread in the Eden garden along the sea. From your balcony you will enjoy a fabulous sun set on the sea each evening. I would highly recommand that hotel and that island for those who appreciate nature and silence. You can find also very good restaurants all over the island.
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Traumhaftes kleines Resort mit absolutem Wohlfühlcharakter. Kein Lärm, kaum Touristen dazu ein perfekter Strand und chilliges Ambiente. Alle hier sind sehr freundlich und zuvorkommend aber trotzdem immer entspannt. Wer richtig abschalten möchte und eine ursprüngliche Insel zu genießen weiß, ist hier am richtigen Platz. Auch der Besuch der beiden Dörfer ist durchaus empfehlenswert. Hier gibt es alles was man so braucht und auch Essen und Trinken für kleines Geld.
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We spent 6 nights at Koh Jum Lodge and really did not want to leave. If you want the Thai Beach Bungalow experience then this is it. Very romantic, spotless wooden bungalows, right on the beach, great food great service - the place to relax and unwind for a few days. Couldn t have asked for more..
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Koh Jum Lodge is a magical place where every need is catered for - even before you knew you had it.
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We stay for 5 nights and we are pleased with everything,very nice personal.Good food. Very familiar atmosphere. Beach was ok when tide was high Fantastic bungalows in natural material. Nice Breakfast served direct at table.
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Although "Robinson style", the cottages are spacious, 50 square meters plus bathroom, and decorated with local materials such as bamboo, rattan, cotton and silk. Your suite room is equipped with a large king size bed with mosquito net, a large living room corner with sofa and arm chair, a bathroom with shower and toilets facilities, a large terrace with hammock facing the sea.
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Recall Alert: Check Your Ground Beef!
The USDA is announcing a Beef Recall on 10lb packages of ground National beef with the packaging codes of 0481, 0421, and 0484 with a Sell By day of June 14th because of possible e. Coli contamination. It is unclear if any of this beef was sold at Walmart.
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WASHINGTON, June 18, 2013 – National Beef Packing Co., a Liberal, Kan., establishment, is recalling approximately 22,737 pounds of raw ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
The following products are subject to recall:
• 10 lb. packages of "National Beef" 80/20 Coarse Ground Chuck, package code "0481."
• 10 lb. packages of "National Beef" 81/19 Coarse Ground Beef, package code "0421."
• 10 lb. packages of "National Beef" 80/20 Fine Ground Chuck, package code "0484."
All these products have a "USE BY/SELL BY DATE" of June 14, 2013, and bear the establishment number "EST. 208A" inside the USDA mark of inspection. The products were produced on May 25, 2013, and shipped to various institutions and retail establishments in Texas, Tennessee, Kansas, Mississippi, Illinois, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas, and Arizona. FSIS and the establishment are concerned that some product may be frozen and in shoppers' freezers.
The problem was discovered through routine FSIS monitoring which confirmed a positive result for E.coli O157:H7. An investigation determined the firm was the sole supplier of the source materials used to produce the positive product. FSIS and the company have received no reports of illnesses associated with consumption of these products.
FSIS routinely conducts recall effectiveness checks to verify recalling firms notify their customers of the recall and that steps are taken to make certain that the product is no longer available to consumers. When available, the retail distribution list(s) will be posted on the FSIS website at: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls.
FSIS advises all consumers to safely prepare their raw meat products, including fresh and frozen, and only consume ground beef that has been cooked to a temperature of 160° F. The only way to confirm that ground beef is cooked to a temperature high enough to kill harmful bacteria is to use a food thermometer that measures internal temperature.
E. coli O157:H7 is a potentially deadly bacterium that can cause dehydration, bloody diarrhea and abdominal cramps 2-8 days (3-4 days, on average) after exposure to the organism. While most people recover within a week, some develop a type of kidney failure called HUS. This condition can occur among persons of any age but is most common in children under 5-years old and older adults. Symptoms of HUS may include fever, abdominal pain, pale skin tone, fatigue and irritability, small, unexplained bruises or bleeding from the nose and mouth, decreased urination, and swelling. Persons who experience these symptoms should seek emergency medical care immediately.
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At a time when many voters are rebelling against traditional political-party labels, it is no coincidence, say media and political experts, that the most talked-about rallies in Washington during this election season are the work of three talk show hosts.
First, there was the Aug. 28 rally on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, fronted by Fox's Glenn Beck. Coming up on Oct. 30 will be the other, a double-header bash before the Nov. 2 election: Comedy Central's Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert are putting on the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear on the National Mall.
More and more, the average voter views the mainstream political system as "broken," says Geoffrey Baym, author of "From Cronkite to Colbert: The Evolution of Broadcast News." Americans across the ideological spectrum are turning to what they consider "outsider voices to articulate their concerns." Increasingly, those contrarians are on television and radio talk shows, he adds.
The role of TV talk shows in today's elections cannot be overestimated, says former Republican speechwriter Curt Smith, who is now a senior lecturer at the University of Rochester in New York. "The TV talk show, for better or worse, has become the picture window through which Americans view elections," he says. It "surveys and critiques, celebrates and condemns, depending on the ideology of the show."
On the liberal end of the talk show spectrum, Mr. Colbert and Mr. Stewart play serious issues for laughs, he notes. Meanwhile, MSNBC - with Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow - goes more for straight talk.
Yet the combined audiences of the programs with a liberal tilt "are nothing compared to the audience numbers for the conservative-leaning ones, in particular Fox News," Mr. Smith says. The consensus about these shows has been that they largely preach to the choir, making few converts, he says. But that is changing with their continued growth, especially at Fox, he adds.
On the conservative side of the equation, he says, "TV and radio talk shows are no longer a supplement for the Republican Party; they have become a substitute for the Republican Party."
The GOP hierarchy, Smith says, is seen by many in Middle America as "gutless, duplicitous, and contemptuous of most people who would be Republicans." Tea party activism has little affiliation with the Republican Party, he notes, adding that the movement's informal leaders instead are rising from the airwaves. In fact, he says, four of the conservative figures most talked about for the 2012 presidential election are on the Fox News payroll: Sarah Palin, Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum, and Newt Gingrich.
As Fox has gotten more attention, other talk show hosts are responding. The double Comedy Central rally was launched in response to a groundswell of fan demand for a satiric counterweight to the earlier Glenn Beck event. That August gathering drew many tea partyers to the nation's capital and received widespread coverage.
This is all happening at a time when both broadcast and cable TV channels are in a battle for audiences - particularly younger viewers who increasingly get their news from the Internet and mobile devices.
The trend among the under-35 cohort to turn to comedy for news has helped drive the popularity of programming such as Stewart's "The Daily Show." New media is helping these comics, says communications specialist Jonathan Askin, an associate professor at Brooklyn Law School in New York.
"Comedic analysts now have much more extensive and direct access to the people via multiple media outlets," he says, including viral online distribution. As a result, "the most insightful comedic pundits – Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert among them - have a newfound opportunity for direct and immediate engagement."
But even if Stewart's event hits its jokingly stated goal of a "million moderate march," its impact will be difficult to gauge. More specifically, it remains to be seen whether these rallies play out as merely entertainment or as a spark for longer-term activism.
Turnout at the polls Nov. 2 will probably not be a good guide. That's because midterm elections tend to revolve around local issues, and figures like Colbert and Stewart do little with gubernatorial and state initiatives, says Ed Crego, coauthor of "Renewing the American Dream: A Citizen's Guide for Restoring Our Competitive Advantage." Also, the 45-and-under crowd tends to vote less in the nonpresidential years, he points out.
With these points in mind, Mr. Crego says, the real effect of the rally will not be felt until the next presidential election. "The impact of this mobilization is really for 2012," he says.
Making a similar point is Ari Berman, a political writer for The Nation and author of "Herding Donkeys: The Fight to Rebuild the Democratic Party and Reshape American Politics." Whether or not one agrees with the tactics or politics of various talk shows, he says, they all are becoming launchpads for participation and issues.
The Oct. 30 rally may not support a candidate, but for some participants, says Mr. Berman, they are the first step toward saying, "I care." Especially for the Democrats, who have seen their support slide, that could be a welcome development.


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Public authorities must pay their bills within 30 days and companies within 60 days, according to a new European Union Directive that has been approved by the European Parliament.
Organisations that do not pay invoices within those deadlines will face set penalties and punitive interest rates that they cannot change regardless of what their sales contract says.
The Parliament has approved a European Commission and European Council proposal for a new directive to replace the existing Late Payments Directive of 2000. The new rules aim to give certainty to companies, especially to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
The directive will fully harmonise the period within which payment is due at 30 days. Companies dealing with other companies will be able to set that period at 60 days in their contracts, but must pay bills within 30 days if no contractual period is set.
Contracts will not be able to extend that period beyond 60 days "unless otherwise expressly agreed in the contract and provided it is not grossly unfair to the creditor", according to the new directive.
Organisations that break those rules will have to pay interest at 8 per cent above the European Central Bank's reference rate. They will also have to pay fixed fees to companies to cover costs. This will be set at a minimum of €40 but can cover all reasonable costs.
The European Commission said that it believed that, once implemented by EU member states, the new rules would result in an extra €180 billion being "available to businesses".
"Who works must be timely remunerated," said Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship Antonio Tajani. "This is a basic principle of fairness but plays a crucial role in relation to the solidity of a company, its treasury, its access to credit and to finance. Therefore, the new directive will help the entire European economy."
"This directive will pave the way for a whole new payment culture," said MEP Barbara Weiler in the parliamentary debate. According to a European Parliament statement, Weiler said: "We have aimed to ensure that the rights of the smaller companies are enforced in order to improve liquidity and create a better climate for investments into new jobs."
The Late Payments Directive had set the rate at which interest could be charged at a minimum of 7 per cent, though under UK law it was 8 per cent.
The European Commission said that the new directive would make it easier for a company to challenge unfair behaviour by its debtors in the courts, and that it would force countries to adopt "prompt payment codes".
"Let me congratulate this House for the work in favour of a new directive on combating late payment in commercial transactions," said European Commission president José Manuel Durão Barroso in the European Parliament. "The directive will give better protection to creditors, in most cases SMEs, while respecting the freedom of contract ... you know how much this regulation has been awaited by SMEs, the most important sector of our economy."
The text adopted by the European Parliament said that the proposals were seeking to achieve a legitimate aim and should be supported.
"The objective of combating late payments in the internal market cannot be sufficiently achieved by the member states acting individually and can, therefore, be better achieved by the Union," said the adopted text. "This Directive does not go beyond what is necessary to achieve that objective. This Directive complies therefore, in its entirety, with the requirements of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality as laid down in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union."
The directive will be adopted in the coming weeks and will come into force in member states within two years' time. It must, then, be in force by the beginning of 2013, the commission said.
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is the subject of a report on the stock investments of members of Congress that is to air Sunday on CBS' "60 Minutes."
The San Francisco Democrat and House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, were questioned separately at their weekly news conferences Nov. 3 by reporter Steve Kroft. Neither had granted Kroft's previous requests for interviews.
Kroft asked both leaders about stock transactions they made while Congress was considering legislation that could affect the financial and insurance industries. Pelosi and Boehner vigorously denied any connection.
Laws against insider trading - making stock bets based on information the public doesn't have - do not apply to Congress. Studies have shown that stock portfolios on Capitol Hill outperform the market. Legislation that would ban insider trading by members and staffers has languished.
Kroft asked Pelosi why she and her investor husband, Paul Pelosi, bought an initial public offering of stock in Visa, the San Francisco-based credit card company, in March of 2008.
The same month, former House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, D-Mich., introduced the Credit Card Fair Fee Act, which would have given merchants the power to negotiate lower fees with credit card companies. The bill, hostile to the credit card industry, was passed by the committee but never brought to the floor. Pelosi was speaker at the time, and controlled which legislation came to a vote.
The Pelosis bought the Visa stock in three transactions totaling $1 million to $5 million, according to financial disclosure reports. The first was the IPO, followed by two other purchases of the stock at higher prices, Pelosi said.
Pelosi said the Conyers bill had no chance of being signed by then-President George W. Bush. She said she brought even tougher legislation, the Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights by Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., to passage after President Obama took office.
Pelosi said the credit card industry spent $3 million in an unsuccessful attempt to defeat Maloney in 2010.
"First of all, what you are contending is not true," Pelosi said at her news briefing last week. "But second of all, we are very proud of our record of what happened."
Kroft asked what was untrue given that the Pelosis had bought the Visa stock two years earlier.
"Well, I have many investments ... I will hold my record in fighting the credit card companies, as a speaker of the House or as a member of Congress, up against anyone." Pelosi said. " We had passed the Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights. I don't know what your point is."
Kroft then asked whether there was an appearance of a conflict of interest. "No, it only has the appearance if you decide that you are going to elaborate on a false premise," Pelosi said. "But it is not true, and that is that."
When Kroft said, "I don't understand what part is not true," Pelosi replied, "That I would act upon an investment."
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Boehner was asked at his news conference why he traded in insurance industry stock shortly before announcing that a plan for national health insurance was dead. Boehner said a financial adviser makes decisions on day-to-day trading in his investments.
The "60 Minutes" segment follows a flurry of stories about wrongdoing in Washington, including a segment on the program last week by disgraced former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who served 3 1/2 years in prison for his 2006 conviction in a lobbying corruption scandal that helped bring down former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas.
Abramoff said he lavished gifts on members of Congress, offered lucrative jobs to their staff and got them to insert opaque legislative language into bills that benefited specific clients. Pelosi promised to "drain the swamp" in Washington when she took control. Abramoff asserted that reforms have been ineffective.
Pelosi's office said "60 Minutes" told her staff that the report was based on a book by conservative writer Peter Schweizer, a fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, who earlier had accused the Pelosis of hypocrisy for hiring non-union labor at their Napa vineyard.
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A report at the time by ABC's San Francisco affiliate, KGO-TV, found that the Pelosis paid their workers more than union wages and that it would have been illegal for them to encourage unionization.
Several studies have shown that members of Congress and their staffs do better in the stock market than the public. A 2011 study by four university researchers found that a portfolio that mirrored stock purchases by House members from 1985 to 2001 beat the market by 6 percent a year. The same authors found that senators beat the market by 12.3 percent from 1993 to 1998.
The Wall Street Journal reported a year ago that in 2008 and 2009 at least 72 congressional aides traded shares of companies that their bosses helped oversee. The staff interviewed included a Pelosi aide who said her husband made the trades based on newspaper reports and that she knew nothing about them.
A bill by Reps. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., and Tim Walz, D-Minn. called the STOCK Act, or Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act, would ban members of Congress and staff from insider trading. The legislation, which Pelosi supports, was first introduced in 2006 and has gone nowhere.
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Wasps recall Jones for Bayonne
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London Wasps have recalled the previously injured Stephen Jones for their Amlin Challenge Cup match with Bayonne at Adams Park on Thursday evening.
Jones has missed the last two months of action through injury and is handed the fly-half berth for the Anglo-French clash while Tim Payne also earns a recall having sat out the last month. Elsewhere, England's Tom Palmer is recalled to the second-row while Billy Vunipola is named in their back-row.
James Haskell skippers the side for Wasps in what promises to be a key match. Wasps drew with Bayonne last weekend and with the top spot in Pool 3 of the competition seemingly a straight shootout between the two sides, it is almost 'winner takes all' when the two teams comes face-to-face on Thursday.
Wasps' director of rugby Dai Young said: "I was delighted with the commitment shown by the team in France last weekend and I am looking for more of the same tomorrow night.
"It's a win or bust tie for Bayonne who come to Adams Park knowing they have to get something from the game but it's no different for us really, as if we want to control our own destiny in this competition then we've got to win. "
Bayonne have named a team packed with international talent with Wales scrum-half Mike Phillips and former All Blacks flyer Joe Rokocoko both starting. Cedric Heymans also gets the nod while last weekend's try-scorer Marvin O'Connor retains his spot on the flank.
Stade Francais are also in action on Thursday evening in Pool 5 and they entertain Cavalieri Prato in Paris. Stade include the likes of ex-England winger Paul Sackey and former Munster back Paul Warwick in their XV.
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